...Tariff Act passed by our Congress on July 4, 1789, reads as follows : "SEC. 1. Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandise imported." That act levied both specific and ad...

...be well to examine briefly the history of what led to this section. "Sec. 1. Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandise imported." That act levied both specific and ad...

...tariff was an invention of the late 1800's. "SEC. 1. Whereas It is necessary for the support of the Government, for the discharge of the debts of the...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported :" The Tariff Act of 17SO "and every...

...that a tariff act passed July 4, 1789, and section 1 provides as its purpose that "It is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported." (Italics ours.) Then we find that...

...act enacted by the Congress of the United States, contained this preamble : Whereas it Is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufacturi-rs, that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandises imported: Following this act,...

...tariff was an invention of the late 1800's. "SEC. 1. Whereas it Is necessary for the support of the Government, for the discharge of the debts of the...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported :" The Tariff Act of 1780 "and every...

...1789 (chap. 2, 1 Stat, at ¿.24), contained the following recital : 'Sec. 1. Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, [412] that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandises imported. . . .' The enactment and enforcement...

...1789 (chap. 2, 1 Stat. at L.24), contained the following recital : 'SEC. 1. Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures, [412l that dutie.s be laid on goods, wares and merchandises imported ' ******* The enactment and enforcement...

...act evidenced Congress' belief that the assessment of duties was "necessary for the support of the government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and [for] the encouragement and protection of manufacturers . . . ."" The first Tariff Act had not long...

...AcL for laying a Duty on Coodfi, Wares, and Merchandises imported into the United States, "necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures." Although this — the first — tariff act of the new Republic was enacted primarily for revenue purposes,...